Bumper sticker faith: JESUS LOVES ME, THIS I KNOW! (And he loves you, too.) Glenn Dromgoole is a former editor of the Abilene Reporter-News and the author of numerous books. He and his wife, Carol, own Texas Star Trading Company.
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By Jim Nichols In many ways he is kind of a “pastor’s pastor.” His career in ministry is filled with helpful and inspiring teaching and acts that have been both engaging and edifying as he has tried to be God’s person. One of the aspects of his ministry has been to be involved in and conduct an uncountable number of
Read moreBy Danny Minton Otto Frank returned to Amsterdam in June of 1945, having lost his wife and friends during their imprisonment in Nazi work camps and having no knowledge of the fate of his two daughters, Margot and Anne. He moved in with Jan and Miep Gies, two of the people who had cared for him and his family as
Read moreBy Marianne Wood I can’t get past Easter. Some say you should never, ever. And I agree with them more this year, thanks to a dozen or so visual artists who dared to share what God revealed to them. This year I enjoyed Easter installations at home and away. At home, another Holy Week envisioned by artists at my church
Read moreBy Danny Minton In April of 1943, Major William Martin began a journey that would save thousands of lives during WWII. Major Martin was an officer in the British Royal Marines who, on April 30th, was sent on a mission across the English Channel. In his satchel were secret documents concerning the invasion of British and Allied forces to take
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Editor’s Note: Locally, only two congregations remain United Methodist Churches, St. Paul and St. James. Most Methodist congregations in Abilene and its jurisdictional region, the Northwest Texas Annual Conference, disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church to join the conservative Global Methodist Church or to become independent. The Global Methodist Church launched May 1, 2022. Since the disaffiliation process started, the
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A documentary of last summer’s Racial Healing of America Revival and Bus Tour is now available online. The documentary was made by Alisha Janette Taylor and TaylorMadeStudios and contains images and a narrative for the tour. Here’s the link for the documentary: https://taylormadestudios.vhx.tv/products Alisha Taylor Alisha Taylor is the daughter of Dr. Jerry Taylor, Associate Professor of Bible, Missions and Ministry
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Father in heaven — praise you, thank you, protect us, forgive us. Amen. Glenn Dromgoole is a former editor of the Abilene Reporter-News and the author of numerous books. He and his wife, Carol, own Texas Star Trading Company.
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Links to previous stories First Baptist Church Pastor Resignshttps://spiritofabilene.com/2024/04/07/first-baptist-church-pastor-resigns/FBC Welcomes New Pastorhttps://spiritofabilene.com/2023/01/26/fbc-welcomes-new-pastorFirst Baptist Names New Pastorhttps://spiritofabilene.com/2022/12/19/first-baptist-names-new-pastor By Loretta FultonPastors are lined up for Sunday mornings through May 12 at First Baptist Church, but the process for selecting a full-time senior pastor has just begun. Brandon Hudson, who was senior pastor for just over a year, resigned following a DUI arrest
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